TheRam wrote: ↑Sun May 11, 2025 11:13 am
Goals to minutes he’s better than one in two this season.
At that point you have to start considering taking the rough with the smooth. Feels like moyes might be thinking the same from his comments yesterday.
He’s proved himself infront of goal. Even the chances he’s missed, he’s hit the target and got his shots off when someone like DCL would struggle to do even that.
Unless we can get close to our money back he stays for me. Too quick, too strong and too good infront of goal with his movement and finishing to just disregard now.
His movement is something I hadn’t really noticed about him but they highlighted it on MOTD and he got himself in some good positions when we were attacking.
Defo worth keeping for me unless we get serious money for him
He's a great squad option. He can start some games and be a battering ram, and he'd also be a massively useful option off the bench against tired defenders.
Ideally you'd want a more refined forward ahead of him in the pecking order, but it's a long season with multiple competitions and busy periods and he's absolutely worth keeping in the squad.
I would keep him. He offers something different. He's certainly not polished but he's a handful and he gets on the end of chances. Preferably not first choice but a very good option for rotation and to start the odd game.
Think that game summed up Beto really, best player on the pitch but then can't stay onside for 2 goals where really there's no excuse for not doing so, they weren't situations where he should be off and certainly not twice in a game
His hold up play was genuinely superb, but also it was against a Southampton team, one of the worst ever in the Premier League who had their flip flops on.
The good, the bad and the ugly... That's a Beto performance all rolled in to one.
Thing for me is I think he’s improved massively since Moyes arrived - plus he seems like he wants to improve - no reason that can’t continue up to a point. He also has a knack of unsettling defences
You really can see a massive improvement to his hold up and link up play, and his heading has improved ten fold, I look forward to see what improvements he can make next season, especially with a proper preseason.
Beto is a finisher. The fact that he can stick the ball in the back of the onion bag is the main thing for a striker.
His off ball runs are generally excellent, and he has pace and power. He also gets in the right positions and plays off the last man well.
I wouldn’t generally play the ball to feet with him, as I don’t think hold up play is his thing. He also isn’t the most skilled player with the ball at his feet, but he doesn’t have to be. Play to his strengths like we have been and he will score goals, that’s a fact.
I really like him. And I love his attitude - puts everything in for the team and if he misses a chance, he doesn’t dwell on it and gets ready for the next one.
There are other positions I am far more worried about than Beto being our main striker.
